Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft CEO, stated the following:
"We are disappointed that we have to postpone the release of several major games but we consider that this choice is the best one in the long-term interests of Ubisoft. Lastly, we are having to adjust our full-year targets to take into account the fall in business over the first half. The excellent response to our games at E3, as well as the high buzz generated for titles such as Assassin's Creed 2, Splinter Cell Conviction and Avatar, reinforce our belief that the company can achieve strong growth in the second half of the fiscal year."
During a recent Ubisoft conference call, Guillemot explained that the delay was simply due to a question of polish. "The team was asking that they couldn't be with the level of quality on all the maps and all the game for the end of the year, so they had asked for more time to be able to come with a better productÂ…"
The push to next year will definitely take its toll financially - costing Ubisoft a potential loss of millions of units of sales - but Guillemot hopes that the added work on the game will give it a longer shelf life, providing more sales in the long run.
Enjoy your Conduit boys and girls, cuz it's the only FPS we are getting this year. :(
What is Red Steel 2 going to be crowded by? The only comparable title I can think of off the top of my head this Fall/Winter is Silent Hill.
Putting any FPS even if not on the same console against Modern Warfare 2 is stupid.
I know if RS2 came out right when MW2 did I would not pick up RS2 for a very long time. If it came before that would have been ok but not much for a long time after MW2 comes out is going to grab my attention. And most hardcore gamers who would buy RS2 own a 360 or PS3 and would rather have MW2 than RS2.
So Red Steel 2 is going to bomb no matter what?
So Red Steel 2 is going to bomb no matter what?
I don't know. There's no predicting what on the Wii is going to sell these days when the developer puts actual effort into a game. I can tell you this, though: I own a PS3 and I don't give a damn about Modern Warfare 2 but probably would have given Red Steel 2 a chance just to see Wii Motion + in action. That probably puts me in a severe minority but whatever. But if this game releases next year against Bioshock 2, there's no way Bioshock 2 doesn't get my gaming dollars.
It's a question of competition. Modern Warfare 2 is an incredibly-strong franchise game that's destined to sell spectacularly, but it is only one game. You look into next year, though, and you're talking about Red Steel 2 having to compete with 2 or more strong franchise games within its own genre to compete with. You're also looking at over 6 months since the Motion + came out without a single non-sports game to promote itself. I just don't think that a delay helps this game more than it hurts it.
Both Bioshock and Splinter Cell have a smaller audience than COD.
Bioshock had about 3 million where as COD4 got upwards of 12 miliion.
But Bioshock and Splinter Cell are primarily single player franchises so in that respect they compete more directly with Red Steel 2.
I'm not getting either title. screw dual analog. I'll probably get Bioshock 2 when it's cheap on the PC.
I'm bitter and angry. The 2009 "year of the gaming suck" started with no Disaster: Day of Crisis and continues with a Red Steel 2 delay.
Uncharted 2! I can't wait for that game! October 13th!
I'm not getting either title. screw dual analog. I'll probably get Bioshock 2 when it's cheap on the PC.
I'm bitter and angry. The 2009 "year of the gaming suck" started with no Disaster: Day of Crisis and continues with a Red Steel 2 delay.
Don't forget no Fatal Frame 4 as well (which coincidentally led to me just picking up Fatal Frame 2 last week), which was announced not too long after that. Yeah, I'm more than just a little bit bitter myself, though there are at least a handful of promising Wii and PS3 games left on the horizon for me to enjoy before this year is complete. And hey...we are getting Fragile over here, and I didn't see that happening when this year began.
Stop complaining and do yourself a favor:
Buy Rune Factory Frontier. It'll hold you over until 2012 if it needs to!
Stop complaining and do yourself a favor:
Buy Rune Factory Frontier. It'll hold you over until 2012 if it needs to!
I second this.
Stop complaining and do yourself a favor:
Buy Rune Factory Frontier. It'll hold you over until 2012 if it needs to!
I second this.
When staff says so, you MUST OBEY!
Stop complaining and do yourself a favor:
Buy Rune Factory Frontier. It'll hold you over until 2012 if it needs to!
I second this.
When staff says so, you MUST OBEY!
ahahahahhha one-console-one-game future!
Stop complaining and do yourself a favor:
Buy Rune Factory Frontier. It'll hold you over until 2012 if it needs to!
I second this.
When staff says so, you MUST OBEY!
ahahahahhha one-console-one-game future!
More like last game you'll ever need to play.
That's a good point.
Maybe Animal Crossing is aware of the date and will have an option for every character/player to lie down on the ground with paper bags covering their heads.
As an FYI, all consoles are facing delays in their major titles. It seems they learned from their mistakes from last year and decided to even their releases before crowding the market.
